For my final portfolio I decided to work with my favorite assignments this semester, I chose to update my Twitter bot, my remix project, my glitch art and my screensaver. I wanted to work on these projects because I felt that I could really get creative with each of these assignments. I decided to work … Continue reading "Final Portfolio"

Working with the p5.js web editing software, I was able to create an analog clock that displayed the hour, minute and second of time. The inspiration behind my design came from my fathers wrist watch, it has a very minimalistic clock face and the only numbers visible are 12,3,6,9. I enjoy the minimalistic look because … Continue reading "Creative Coding: Clock"

For this project our class was tasked to create our own Twitter bot that is able to post at least once a day, as well as produce 100,000 different tweets. I decided that I would create a Twitter account that would tweet out things that Squidward hates. My original tweet was Squidward hates #apples. Squidward … Continue reading "Project:Bot"

For this project our class was tasked to create a code that would write 50,000 words. I recently watched the film The Shining and I drew inspiration for my project from one of the scenes. During the film Jack Nicholson is working on a novel while he is living in a remote empty hotel with his … Continue reading "NaNoGenMo"

For this project our class was tasked to create an interesting looping screensaver using the program p5.js. I wanted to make my screensaver look like an explosion, and after much trial and error I finally created something that looked how I wanted it to. To create my final product, I began by looking through some … Continue reading "Creative Coding: Screensaver"

This has been my favorite project so far. I really enjoyed creating my own glitch art, I found this whole project to be a lot of fun. I had trouble using the avidemux program on my computer, I downloaded at least five different versions of it including 2.5,2.5.4 and 2.7 but none of these programs … Continue reading "Project: Glitch Gallery"

For our third project our class was tasked to create a code that produces lines of poetry. I had a very hard time completing this project, but after much trial and error I finally created something that worked. I decided that I wanted to create a two line poem because I thought that it would … Continue reading "More Poetry Oh Noetry"

Hello Everyone! I’m Kayla, I am currently a Junior here at UMW and I am majoring in Computer Science. Once…

This is the final week of DS106, and for my final project, I told the story of Nestor Makhno, or more precisely, if he had won during the Russian Civil War. I used 3 different types of media to tell the story, being two types of visual, one type of visual/design, and one video project, […]

This is my last weekly summary for DS106. The feeling is a little bittersweet because I was really enjoying participating…

Video Assignment: Sports Team Pump-Up Video Stars: 4.5 I got the music for my video by transforming a youtube video into a…

Design Assignment: Create A T-shirt Stars: 2.5 I created this t-shirt on www.customink.com. Step 1: To change the color of the…

Audio Assignment: Fictional Radio Ad Stars: 4.5 I created this assignment using Audacity. Step 1: After opening Audacity, click the…

GIF assignment: Sports Heroes Stars: 3.5 I created this GIF on giphy.com. Step 1: Copy and paste the URL from the…

Design Assignment: Bumper Sticker Stars: 3.5 I created this assignment on www.vistaprint.com. Step 1: Choose which shape you want your bumper…

Visual Assignment: Sports Poster Stars: 2.5 I created this poster on GIMP. Step 1: Open GIMP and then, at the…

After winning the NL MVP and the Gold Glove Award in 2013, Pittsburgh Pirates fans have been waiting for Andrew…

Nestor Makhno was born a Ukrainian Peasant in 1888 in the Russian Empire. Through his life he held a series of menial jobs, primarily as a farmhand, that was, until the Russian Civil War erupted. He began organizing an army of peasants and workers and combated the Red Army of the Soviet Union, the White […]

As Makhno’s forces began to spread across Europe, regions with strong socialist influences began to join with the Free Soviets. This map demonstrates the regions under UFS control by the mid-1930s. After downloading the original map and loading it into GIMP, I took the Fuzzy select took and selected all areas that were originally part […]

Using LibreOffice with a few custom and preinstalled fonts, I typed up a simple ‘document of surrender’ where the USSR surrenders to the RIAU.

  After finding the clips, pictures, and music, I loaded them all into the kedenlive video editor. I began work on cutting the video to find various clips to use. I then added a few ‘title screens’ in between the various clips and images to narrate what was happening. As a 2 minuite video on […]

  There’s a meme floating around leftist circles, “Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism”, that is imposed onto any image dealing with space. A simple google search will reveal numerous images with this text, but those on the Anarchist wing of leftist politics, and other leftists who don’t necessarily embrace the authoritarian nature of mainstream […]

I am creating a fictional story for Captain America, my favorite super hero. In the story, the Captain America Civil War has just happened and Captain America is alone. He’s riding his motorcycle down a country road: https://soundcloud.com/user-730363345/captain-america-crashes   When suddenly he crashes into a truck thrown at him and …

This is my breakdown of how to create the things that I created! ENJOY! 1.  Making the motivational poster Step one: Upload image Step 2 Edit With Scratch filter Step 3  Insert text box Step 4 Transition color to red Step 5 Final Product 2. Sportscenter clip Step one: Insert intro Step two:  Insert audio …

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So, our last week of class was all about the final project. I thought it was the perfect way to tie together all that we’d learned, and I knew right off that I wanted to create something a little silly. … Continue reading →

PART I- DESIGN EDITING WITH GIMP The first step in creating my comic book cover was to give it some comic book-worthy title text. I did this by going to a comic book text generator online, customizing just how I … Continue reading →

A child browses the comic book store, searching for entertainment in this cruel place we call “the world”. In a bargain bin, they come across a strange title, outlined in a bold red. The book tells the story of a … Continue reading →

Kyrie Irving is a great player. There’s no denying that. I think the situation he has gone through with LeBron is a little TMZesque. It’s unfortunate that two great players can’t get through tough times like these. I really respected these two because they stayed in the Eastern Conference, at a time when every great …

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1. Final Project: In and Out of Tune 2. Final Project Tutorials: Final Project Tutorials This class was quite a whirlwind. I was working more than 50 hours a week, playing on an adult league softball team and attempting to maintain a social life while exploring Lake Tahoe. Needless to say, I haven’t slept much …

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I can hear the floor boards above me creaking, dust floats down in and out of the golden streams of sunlight beaming through cracks in the rotting wooden ceiling. Someone has pulled the door open and is walking down the stairs. I can’t help but feel a tinge of hope, it’s been so long since …

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